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ascension
as·cen·sion [ ə sénsh'n ] (plural as·cen·sions)


noun 
Definition:
 
act of ascending: an act of ascending something ( formal )

[14th century. Via French< Latin ascension-< ascens-, present participle of ascendere (see ascend)]

as·cen·sion·al adjective
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